What Do You Think of My New Website

**cwish001** · 08-21-2008 10:19 AM

I just got my new website for the business up, It is not a ecommerce site as I only try to refer to my local business and not sale anything on line. I taught HTML and CSS myself while working on this project. Seems fairly hard to me. Take a look at it a fill free to use the online chat build into the website to chat with me if I am monitoring.

The Website URL is:

Welcome to Campus Technology Solutions!!!

Thanks,

Corey

**Librazoe1982** · 08-21-2008 02:19 PM

What are the services you offer? Is it website designing company that offers services from a campus?

**MichaelMelen** · 08-21-2008 05:55 PM

Well I personally dislike the website design, but I don't think that's what you are looking for.

As for the business model, what advantages do you have over other computer repair / IT services in your area?

**mattnelson** · 08-21-2008 06:22 PM

you spelt friend wrong

**cwish001** · 08-22-2008 11:01 AM

Ok,

I need to make revisions to my website. I plan on doing all of those services but I am going to focus on computer repair at first. I have over seven years experience in this industry and have been reconized through two navy achievment medals for my work with network security. I was thinking of redesigning the website to just focus on the repair aspect and when I am ready I can make a website for each of the other area's can you guys give me some design pointers.

Welcome to Campus Technology Solutions!!!

**flnazrael** · 08-22-2008 12:10 PM

I would seriously consider either hiring a web designer or at least buying and customizing a template. You're going to get an extremely high bounce rate on that site.

**RLorenzen** · 08-22-2008 12:21 PM

I agree with flnazrael. That site's a mess. It looks like it's from the 90s. The layout is very poor. Definitely hire a professional to do the site for you. Your current site won't benefit your business in any way. You may want to contact Lindsay Marsh at Marsh Graphic Designs. She's done a few projects for me and is very good.

**flnazrael** · 08-22-2008 12:42 PM

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**cwish001** · 08-22-2008 02:28 PM

Okay guys, I will look into having somebody design it. What are your thought on hiring a computer science student at my school who knows website design. I could pay 8 - 10 dollars an hour and it would be cheaper then a professional company. By the way thanks for the reference Finazrael.

**flnazrael** · 08-22-2008 03:17 PM

Just buy a template and have them customize it. There are some free templates too, oswd.org, though they're not as good.

**SerialEntrepreneurs.** · 08-22-2008 04:11 PM

You can also get a site down for a few hundred bucks thru 99Designs.com -

I heard today on the radio that computer repair businesses like Geek Squad are WAY up on revenues....

Good luck!

**cwish001** · 08-23-2008 10:43 PM

I noticed that a lot of yeer's have viewed my site.

I would like to express my apperciation that so many people would view and give me advise even if some of it was critical. I had a web guy look at the sight and he said that I should change the colors to more white and it might make the site look alot better. I am currently trying to find a webdesigner to work for me on my site and my clients. I go to a university and their is plenty of computer science guys around. I taught myself html and css so I am definitly a novice but with time and practice I should get better. Thanks again guys.

**flnazrael** · 08-24-2008 10:02 AM

Well, HTML/CSS are definitely important...but you have to have a design eye too. Don't tlak to computer science guys, talk to graphic art students. Have one work up a website in Photoshop, then splice up the graphics for you, and you can turn that into a webpage.

**S Lee** · 08-24-2008 01:57 PM

If you decide not to go with a web designer, but still want a good looking site that won't need to be too complicated, you could go with joomla and buy a template from a joomla template site like rockettheme, or one of the above designers that posted if they happen to make joomla templates.

Thats what I did for one of my sites; however, since rockettheme templates seem so popular tons of sites use them, so at worse you may end up looking like some of the other sites out there.

**johnwalton409** · 08-24-2008 08:44 PM

that site looks extremely simple. Simple can be good but i'm not sure in this case. What web design program do you use? I have taken many of dreamweavers premade sites and i would just change the theme by adding photos and changing colors to what i want so it would be custom. Well when i was doing that i was first learning on dreamweaver too.